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I think you’re right! I just checked and the pocket door is definitely much further behind.
Now the question is - how exactly do I use these to mount the shelf? Is there some sort of hidden bracket I can buy?
Lots of ways to do it, the most common I've seen are like this:
https://www.ultrashelf.com/collections/floating-shelf-brackets
Where holes are drilled into the shelves and then they're slid onto the rods screwed to the wall. Hard to level but looks great if done right
Wow, 50 lbs (~20 kg) per stud, with a bunch of screw holes in the base plate. Problem solved, and you could just use a number of wood screws into the ply panel, just spaced well apart (like 2.5-3 cm), and anchor into a stud where you can with a long lag (3"/~8cm).
Or if you can only hit a stud on one side, use a single Molly on the other and a couple wood screws in between.